Study finds strong correlation (r ≈ 0.81) between gender equality and low birth rates: Female emancipation enables hypergamous mating that makes average men obsolete (Larsen et al., 2026)

Minimum_Leather_3830 · 2026-05-29T21:11:50+00:00

There is no gender equality. What they mean by using that term is female supremacy

Sorprenda · 2026-06-02T21:53:26+00:00

This does a great job of documenting recent trends. Where I think it goes wrong is assuming you can extrapolate these conditions for several generations into the future, instead of considering that all of the conditions documented (male loneliness, incels, etc) will eventually cause the pendulum to swing back the other direction away from individualism. Not that I know what the future looks like, only that history points to everything being cyclical.

Obvious-Arrival-8617 · 2026-05-30T14:28:59+00:00

Soviet era Eastern block is the only model that had both sustainable birthrates and comparativeley high gender equality for decades. The hidden cause behind this correlation is capital development. Richer countries tend to invest more into economic investment than into more offspring.

Jay_Buffay · 2026-05-30T21:02:58+00:00

Poor we could turn back the clock...

Temporary-Rip3112 · 2026-06-17T23:03:55+00:00

Anyone with a Brain who was honest could tell you this it’s just not socially expectable to say

HumorPsychological60 · 2026-06-09T09:54:11+00:00

Economic insecurity and war are the two biggest reasons for low birth rates, and we are currently going through a cost of living crisis in many countries throughout the world. There have also been recent studies that show climate change has been a huge factor in birth rates going down. Science can be skewed to 'prove' certain biases, often by missing out a lot of relevent information, we need to be careful about this and instead pursue a multifaceted approach to these things and do wider research to make sure that we know all the facts

anthropics · 2026-06-23T05:08:12+00:00

This is a highly deceptive propaganda piece. It shows the partner distribution for men while omitting the female distribution which is very similar. It leans heavily on Harper et al. (2017) as evidence for the most promiscuous men accruing more partners, as do his other papers, but the apparent trend didn't continue past the 2011-13 survey and in fact reversed. He also falsely claims there was a reduction in the lower percentiles when there wasn't. STD data also fails to show evidence of increasing sexual inequality between heterosexual men and women. He shows the male skew in likes on Hinge while ignoring it's similar for women. He cites a study on a Czech dating app that showed that men were at least as likely to swipe up in within-sex desirability (a lower swipe rate doesn't imply a higher concentration on the most desirable profiles) and that matches were highly similar in within-sex equality even though it completely contradicts his narrative. He cites the OkCupid ratings while ignoring the messaging patterns, and so on. Source

Distinguished_Jester · 2026-05-29T21:48:35+00:00

It was never about establishing equality

killadye · 2026-05-29T23:26:26+00:00

This is a literal nightmare scenario. We cannot allow this to happen. War must be waged over this. Individual reproduction outside of the family unit is the path to being born in a pod and harvested for energy. Jesus Christ please deliver us from this absolute nightmare.

ThisSpinach8060 · 2026-06-09T05:22:10+00:00

This is nature. Nothing wrong with it

Poopidyscoopp · 2026-06-03T18:28:45+00:00

yeah this is why men vote conservative- so they can be shitty partners because they have nothing to offer a partner if she can make her own money and choose her own partner

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